Curtain-bracket.



C. BERRY. CURTAIN BRACKET. APPLICATION TILED MAY13, 1910.

Patented May 9, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER BERRY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY ENGLE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHnis'rornnn Bunny, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtaiii-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a simple and inexpensive bracket for supporting both shades and curtains from window frames, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is of a simple construction, cheap to manufacture and thoroughly etlicient in operation.

With the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and combination of parts here inafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement, and in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a pair of the improved brackets in position. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the brack ets. Fig. 8 is a sectional view upon the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates a window casing and 2 the brackets adapted to be attached thereto. These brackets 2 each comprise a pair of members 3 and 4t and each of the said members are constructed of a single strand of wire of a suitable gage. The member 3 which may be termed the attaching member, has one of its lower terminals provided with an eye 5 which is adapted for the reception of a suitable securing element 6. This member is continued vertically for a suitable distance and from thence continued at a right angle or a horizontal plane. The member has its outer extremity bent clownwardly to provide a lip 6 and is thence continued rearwardly in a substantially parallel plane with the first horizontal member and is bent at right angles and arranged in a parallel plane with the member provided with the eye 5. This member is bent to provide an extension which is also arranged in a parallel plane with the said member and the space between this extension and the said member is adapted for the reception of securing elements 7. The upper portion of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 13, 1910.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Serial No. 561,079.

the extension is arranged in a horizontal plane and has its terminal provided with a suitable hook or eye 8, the same being adapted for the reception of the ends of a shade roller, which in this instance it has not been deemed necessary to illustrate.

The numeral 9 designates the curtain rod spreading element. This rod 9 has one of its fingers provided with a curtain pole receiving hook 10 and its opposite terminal bent to provide an offset loop 11. The loop 11 is adapted to engage each of the horizontal arms of the sustaining member 2 and it will be readily noted that the body or straightened portion of the member 9 is adapted to lie between the horizontal arm and to contact with the lip formed at the connection of the said arm. By this arrangement it will be noted that the said straightened portion of the member 9 is always provided with a bearing and that the lip 11 engaging the said horizontal arms at opposite points to the central or straightened portion of the member 9 effectively prevents the said member from sagging or binding upon the said horizontal arm.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be noted that I have provided an extremely simple and effective device for the purpose intended. and while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the improvement, as it now appears to me, minor details of construction, within the scope of the following claim may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is The herein described bracket comprising a pair of members each constructed of a single strand of wire, one of the members being stationary and the second member slidable on the stationary member, the stationary member comprising a substantially L- shaped structure formed by the spaced wires and the said wires having their connecting portion bent downwardly to provide a loop, each of the vertical strands being bent to provide eyes, one of the said strands being further bent and extended in a horizontal plane with the upper members of the section and terminating in a hook, the movable member having its outer portion formed with a hook and having its body portion provided at its extremity with a lip ar- In testimony whereof I affix my signature ranged transversely of the body of the memin presence of two Witnesses. ber and adapted to straddle both of the horizontally extending portions of the station- CHRISTOPHER BERRY 5 ary member and to have its body always Witnesses:

contacted by the lip of the said stationary GEORGE F. SQUIREs, member. 7 JOHN CAsEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

